O.K. I have to say as a cardiology patient, that doctors are about the worst people I've seen about caffeine. I cracked up because my cardiothoracic surgeon's partner was giving their secretary grief because the coffee in their waiting room was decaf. Yeah you know, for the heart patients?

Those with GERD who can't give up Diet Coke...try the caffeine free. Buying that has allowed me to continue drinking Diet Coke. Then again, I'm one of the few people who don't respond to caffeine. It doesn't keep me awake until I get into overdose land. Well, I respond, but only in terms of it flooding my system with acid, to the extent that I will get aspiration bronchitis from stomach acid, t gets in my ears, I cough up acid filled phlegm from my lungs for weeks. It's horrible, so no caffeine for me.

That sooooooooooo made my day, reading that. LOL - I laughed pretty hard. It is hard to break - my drug of choice is Diet Pepsi. I tried to give it up a couple of months ago. I lasted a week. Life is too short to go without those sweet fizzy bubbles...

I recently discovered that Coke Zero had started selling Vanilla Zero. I loved the old Diet Vanilla Coke, so I tried it. And the two times I've had it, after about 6 ounces I end up with something like a migraine. Best description I can give of the effect is think drunk and then hangover, though with only a very mild headache - the walls fall down for the whole evening, and the first time I threw up for several hours.

I didn't have this problem with Cherry Zero last month, but I'm afraid to try any diet cola from any company at this point. And of course all the diet sodas now use acesulfame, and I'm very, very sensitive to anything with sulfer....

Seriously, everyone's addiction is keeping me in practice - I deal with all the health consequences of all the pop addicts and no I'm not a dentist. And for the cardiologist nurse eating bacon and butter - saturated fat, but ok for you.

Welcome to my whining!

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